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Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR), Observatorio de Justicia Transicional, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile,  Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland and supported by Open Society Foundations present:

“The Uses of Truth: Truth Commission Archives, Justice and the Search for the Disappeared in  El Salvador”

Falling on the heels of the UN Day on the Right to Truth and the 25th Anniversary of the El Salvador Truth Commission, CLIHHR is hosting a panel event  to draw attention to the role that truth commission archives play as a potential source of information for justice and the search for those forcibly disappeared in times of conflict or oppression. The panel will discuss historical decisions about access to truth commission archives in light of evolving standards on the right to truth, accountability, and justice. In addition,  panelists will talk about the specific potential of El Salvador’s Truth Commission archives and how they can contribute to the search for the disappeared.

Panelists:

Eduardo Gonzalez Cueva, Transitional Justice Consultant

Trudy Peterson, Certified Archivist

Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America, National Security Archive

Benjamin Cuellar, Salvadoran Human Rights Activist

Leonor Arteaga, Senior Program Officer, Due Process of Law Foundation, U.S/ El Salvador

Moderated by: Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Faculty Director, Cardozo Law Institute of Holocaust and Human Rights

Reception to Follow

Event info

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Monday 23 April

6pm to 8pm

Cardozo School of Law 55 5th Avenue 3rd Floor Lounge New York, NY 10003 United States